Ann (Thorn) Speed (1781 - 1861)

Born 1781 in Surrey, England

Wife of William John Speed — married 11 Nov 1799 in Petersham, Surrey, England

Died Feb 1861 at about age 80 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Ann Thorn was the second daughter of James Thorn (or Thorne), a market gardener from Putney, Surrey, and his wife Ann. She was baptised at St Mary, Barnes, Surrey, on 1 July 1781.^[1]

She married William John Speed at Petersham, Surrey, on 7 November 1799.^[2] Her elder sister, Martha, was one of the witnesses as the marriage.

The marriage produced one child, William John Speed, born in 1800.

At the 1851 census, she was living at the New Almhouses in Isleworth, Middlesex. She was recorded as being a former schoolmistress and endowed with an income of £20 per annum by the almhouse.^[3]

She died in February 1861, at age 80, and was buried at Isleworth on 25 February 1861.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Parish register, St Mary, Barnes, Surrey. “Ann Daur of James & Ann Thorne July 1st [1781].”
2. ↑ Parish register, Petersham, Surrey.
3. ↑ England Census 1851. Parish of Isleworth.
4. ↑ Death: Jan-Mar 1861. Registration district Brentford, Middlesex. Ann Speed. Vol 3A. Page 34.
5. ↑ Burial: 25 Feb 1861, Isleworth, Middlesex. Ann Speed. Age 80. (Middlesex Burials & Mls – Cliff Webb, Findmypast).